Social Media – 2010 Winner

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2010 SEMMY Award in the Social Media category is … drum-roll, please …

7 Reasons Your Social Media Marketing Failed (and how to fix it!)
Todd Malicoat, Stuntdubl | 1/12/09

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

Even the best social media promoters out there won’t be able to promote pure crap. Being one step better than crap is not remarkable either. Your content needs to be on another level to get referenced throughout the web these days. You’re not going to get buy with a $30 article from elance, and expect it to get 1,000 backlinks.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Marketing Your Business on Twitter
   Michael Martine, Remarkablogger | 7/23/09
2. Everything you ever wanted to know about creating a social media strategy (but were afraid to ask)
   Mack Collier | 12/8/09

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!